The Bnp-led 20-Party Alliance on Tuesday hinted at taking up a new tactic of movement to achieve victory of the movement for free and fair elections under a neutral caretaker government and refrained from calling hartal for the two remaining…
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Sponsored terrorism leading Bangladesh to astray
Mohammad Zainal Abedin, from NY One of the major techniques of our government is to vehemently condemn political foes for committing such activities what its members did in the past and even does at present. It is known to all…
Inability to find out Salahuddin Ahmed Govt failure: B Chy
The former president of Bangladesh Prof. Badruddoza Chowdhury has said the failure to give the wheareabouts of Salahuddin Ahmed is a failure of the government. He went to the residence of Salahuddin to sympathise with the members his family on…
20-party accuses Govt of being in a killing race across country
The BNP-led 20-party alliance on Monday alleged that the government has been engaged in a death race of misusing the state power to cling to power and urged it to resolve the present crisis through dialogue for the sake of…
Resist militant acts of Bnp, Jamaat: PM tells the Ulema
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday called upon the Ulema (people having religious education) to resist the evil forces undermining Islam by unleashing terrorist and militant acts, saying that there is no room for terrorism and militancy in Islam. “Islam…
Wife again seeks PM’s intervention to get back Salahuddin
Hasina Ahmed, wife of BNP joint secretary general Salahuddin Ahmed, who has remained missing since March 10, again sought the Prime Minister’s intervention in getting back her husband. “My husband has remained traceless for 12 days as law enforcers have…
Khaleda warns of serious consequence if Salahuddin not back
BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday warned the government of serious consequences if it fails to return party joint secretary general Salahuddin Ahmed, who remains untraced since March 10. “My concern has also gone beyond limit as like as his family…
Guerilla Force members unhappy at dropping them from FF list
Members of the Coordination Committee of the special guerilla force of the Liberation War of 1971 that comprised members of NAP-Communist Party-Chhatra Union on Saturday voiced dissatisfaction over dropping their names from the latest freedom fighter list made by the…
Nasim urges all parties including Bnp to participate in city elections
Health and Family Welfare Minister and a presidium member of ruling Awami League Mohammad Nasim today called upon all political parties to take part in the ensuing city corporation polls. “The wind of election has now been blowing in the…
20-Party calls fresh spell of 72-hour hartal
The BNP-led 20-party opposition alliance has called another spell of 72-hour nationwide hartal from Sunday morning demanding the release of all political prisoners and the return of BNP joint secretary general Salahuddin Ahmed stopping killing, enforced disappearance and mass arrests.…
Murder, abduction, disappearance to prolong power
The Bnp-led 20-Party Alliance on Friday complained that indiscriminate killing, abduction, enforced disappearances and use of fire arms were on only to prolong ‘illegal hold on power.’ Stating this in a press release Bnp joint secretary general Barkatullah Bulu said…
Bnp to be positive about city polls if fairness assured
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is positive about participating in the upcoming elections to Dhaka and Chittagong city corporations provided there were assurance of free and fair polls, former Dhaka University vice chancellor Prof Emajuddin Ahmed said on Friday. “BNP will…
Seek FBI help to trace Salahuddin: Gen Mahbub
The opposition BNP on Friday called upon the government to seek coperation from US central intelegent agency FBI in traching out party joint secretary general Salahuddin Ahmed. “The government assistance from the FBI if the law enforcers fail to find…
Argument in case against Ershad, others deferred again
A Dhaka court on Thursday once again deferred the argument in the case filed against Jatiya Party Chairman and Prime Minister’s Special Envoy HM Ershad and others in the case filed for corruption in connection with the purchase of ruder…
Stop implicating opposition leaders in false cases: 20-Party
BNP-led 20-party alliance on Thursday demanded an end to implicating opposition leaders and activists in false cases and stop arresting them staging drama in the name of recovery arms and bombs and carrying out enforced disappearance and extrajudicial killing. BNP…
Wife demands Manna’s release, says he needs better treatment
Meher Nigar, wife of detained Nagorik Oikya convener Mahmudur Rahman Manna, on Thursday urged the government to ensure her husband’s better treatment with through health checkup, and provide him division in jail. Addressing a press conference at Topkhana Road Nagorik…
Jamaat leader held in Sunamganj
Police in a drive arrested a local leader of Jamaat-e- Islami from Natun Bazar area of Chhatak upazila on Wednesday.
4 BNP, Jamaat men held in Sirajganj
Police arrested four leaders and activists of BNP and Jamaat from different areas of the district on Wednesday.
Bnp demo in Dhaka demanding Salahuddin’s return Saturday
Dhaka city unit of BNP will stage demonstration at thana and ward levels on Saturday demanding the whereabouts of missing BNP leader Salahuddin Ahmed and his return to his family unharmed. City BNP convenor Mirza Abbas and member-secretary Habib-un-Nabi Khan…
City polls not more important than inclusive JS polls: Bnp
BNP policymakers said that they do not consider local body polls as so much important than the prevailing political impasse over holding an inclusive parliamentary election under a non-partisan government. Talking to The Independent, BNP standing committee member Nazrul Islam…
20-Party urges people, pol parties to intensify movement
The BNP-led 20-party alliance yesterday urged all democracy-loving individuals, organisations, parties, their leaders and activists to intensify the ongoing movement to force the government to withdraw ‘its repressive black hands’. “The government has buried the democracy by holding last year’s…
No mercy to arsonists, militants: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday expressed her firm determination to give tough punishment to arsonists and militants, saying that there is no mercy to them (arsonists and militants). “There is no mercy to those who are burning people to…
No alternative to fresh participatory election: Charmonai Pir
The Pir Shaheb of charmonai, Mufti Syed Muhammad Fazlul Karim has said that there is no alternative to a fresh election enlisting the participation of all political parties to overcome the political deadlock prevailing in the country. In a statement…
Salahuddin’s wife seeks the intervention of Prime Minister
8 days after the “disappearance” of her husband BNP joint secretary general Salahuddin Ahmed, his wife Hasina Ahmed has sought the intervention of the Prime Minister to get him back. On Tuesday afternoon, a delegation of the University Teachers’ Association…
Return Salahuddin or produce him before court: Khaleda
Bnp chairperson Khaleda Zia yesterday asked the government either to return Salahuddin to his family or produce him before the court without wasting any more time. She made the call when Hasina Ahmed, wife of BNP joint secretary Salahuddin Ahmed,…
3 Shibir activists held in Kurigram
Police arrested three local activists of Islami Chhatra Shibir from a procession in Pateshwari Bazar area of the district town on Tuesday morning.
Sundarganj Jamaat Amir arrested in Mymensingh
Kotwali Thana Police arrested Amir of Sundarganj upazila Jamaat under Gaibndha district from the hostel of Mymensingh Teachers Training College (Male) on Sunday night.
Hartal for two more days seeking Salahuddin release
The BNP-led 20-party opposition alliance has called 48-hur nationwide hartal demanding the return of BNP joint secretary general Salahuddin Ahmed. The announcement of hartal beginning at 6:00am today (Wednesday) was given yesterday through a press statement signed by BNP joint…
Laxmipur Juba League leader killed in intra-party clash
A local Jubo League leader, who was injured in a clash between two rival groups of the ruling party Awami League (AL) over establishing supremacy at Haiderganj Bazar in Raipur upazila on Friday, died at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH)…
‘Take corrupt, partisan judges away from sacred chair’
Barrister Mahbubuddin Khokan who has been reelected secretary of the Supreme Court Bar Association has urged the Chief Justice to remove those judges who deliver judgments through corrupt means or on partisan basis from the sacred chair of courts.